ICMS

Aug 25, 2008 - Aug 29, 2008

ICMS, 14 India Street, Edinburgh

Organisers

Name	Institution
Goryunov, Victor	University of Liverpool
Siersma, Dirk	Universiteit Utrecht
Vassiliev, Victor	Steklov Institute, Moscow

The purpose of the meeting is to bring together experts (both international leaders and promising young researchers) in geometrical and topological branches of Singularity Theory and in some adjacent areas where these branches find applications. The major aims of the workshop are to disseminate new results and ideas, to foster new developments within Singularity Theory and to look for new areas of application and interaction.

The following are likely to be major topics of the meeting:

• Global singularity theory: topology and geometry
• Connection between analytic and topological invariants of singularities
• Non-isolated singularities
• Singularities in differential geometry
• Computer packages on singularities

Numbers will be limited to a maximum of 40, there will be a contribution to local costs (including accommodation and subsistence) from awards to ICMS. A Registration Fee of £30 will be payable by all delegates.

Participation is by invitation only: those interested in attending should contact Victor Goryunov (goryunov@liv.ac.uk).

 

Arrangements

Participation
Participation is by invitation only. The workshop will begin on Monday 25 August and finish on Friday 29 May 2008.

UK Visas
If you are travelling from overseas you may require an entry visa. A European visa does not guarantee entry to the UK. Please use this link to the UK Visas site to find out if you need a visa and if so how to apply for one. If you do require a visa, ICMS can provide a signed invitation letter.

Venue
The workshop will take place at the head-quarters of ICMS, 14 India Street, Edinburgh. This house is the birthplace of James Clerk Maxwell and is situated in the historic New Town of Edinburgh, near the city centre.

The ICMS travel pages contain advice on how to travel to Edinburgh. For local information the finding ICMS page shows the location of ICMS and contains useful maps of the city centre.

The seminar room at ICMS has whiteboards, 2 overhead projectors, a data projector and laptop.

Wireless access is available throughout the ICMS building. There are also 7 public PCs which may be used at any time for internet access and to check email.

Accommodation
ICMS will arrange single en-suite rooms in local guest houses for those who require it. Accommodation is typically about 15 to 30 minutes walk from ICMS. Participants are also free to make their own arrangements and may claim back the cost, with receipts, up to a maximum of £60.00 per night bed and breakfast. A list of Edinburgh accommodation of various sorts and prices is available here . Sections 1-3 are particularly relevant.

Meals and Refreshments
A sandwich lunch will be provided on the first day of the workshop, Monday 25 August. For the remainder of the days, participants are free to go out for lunch and explore the many cafes, restaurants, sandwich shops and bars in the surrounding area. On arrival we will provide you with a ‘welcome’ pack which will contain information about eating places nearby.

Morning and afternoon refreshments will be provided throughout the workshop.

There will be an informal wine reception after the close of lectures on Monday 25 August.

The workshop dinner will take place on the evening of Thursday 28 August.

Registration
Registration will take place on Monday 25 August.

Financial Arrangements
Unless otherwise specified in your invitation letter, the workshop grant will cover the cost of your bed and breakfast accommodation, tea/coffee throughout the workshop, lunch on the first day, the wine reception and the Workshop Dinner on Thursday evening.

If we have agreed to pay some of your travel costs, you will be informed by email. Reimbursement will take place after the workshop. At Registration you will be given an expenses claim form and this should be submitted to ICMS, with receipts. Please note that we cannot reimburse any item without a receipt.

Under the terms of our EPSRC funding we are required to charge a 30.00 GBP registration fee to cover costs not admissible under the grant. The fee will be payable on arrival at the workshop payment may be by cash, sterling cheque or credit/debit card. If you anticipate any difficulty covering the fee, please let me know.

 

Participants

Name	Institution
Alharbi, Fawaz	University of Liverpool
Altintas, Ayse	University of Warwick
Brasselet, Jean-Paul	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Buchweitz, Ragnar-Olaf	University of Toronto Scarborough
Cadman, Paul	University of Warwick
du Plessis, Andrew	Aarhus Universitet
Ebeling, Wolfgang	Leibniz Universität Hannover
Fruehbis-Krueger, Anne	Leibniz Universität Hannover
Gasparim, Elizabeth	University of Edinburgh
Goryunov, Victor	University of Liverpool
Greuel, Gert-Martin	University of Kaisersalautern
Gusein-Zade, Sabir	Moscow State University
Haddley, Joel	University of Liverpool
Hovinen, Bradford	University of Toronto
Itenberg, Ilia	Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg
Kazarian, Maxim	Steklov Institute of Mathematics
Lê, Dũng Tráng	International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
Luengo, Ignacio	Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Melle Hernández, Alejandro	Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Mikhalkin, Grigory	University of Toronto
Mond, David	University of Warwick
Némethi, András	Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Pratoussevitch, Anna	University of Liverpool
Shustin, Eugenii	Tel Aviv University
Siersma, Dirk	Universiteit Utrecht
Stevens, Jan	Göteborgs Universitet
Szucs, Andras	Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
Tari, Farid	Durham University
Tibar, Mihai	Université de Lille 1
Tommasi, Orsola	Leibniz Universität Hannover
Tyomkin, Ilya	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
van Straten, Duco	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz
Wall, Charles	University of Liverpool
Zakalyukin, Vladimir	University of Liverppol